How to say "anomaly" in Japanese

• 変調へんちょうCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbCovers 'anomaly' as an abnormality of condition: something, as with a body or a system, being out of order or disturbed. It points to a state of malfunction, not to an exception from a rule.
• 変則へんそくCommon
  na-adjective, no-adjectiveCovers 'anomaly' as an irregularity: a case, arrangement, or procedure that departs from the normal rule or pattern. It frames the anomaly as an exception to a standard rather than a disturbance in condition.

Use 変調 for an anomaly that is an abnormal condition or disturbance in how something works, and 変則 for an anomaly that is an irregular case departing from the normal rule or pattern.

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• 変調へんちょうirregularity
• 変則へんそくirregularity
• 不正常ふせいじょうanomaly
• 近点離角きんてんりかくanomaly
• アノマリーanomaly
• 近点角きんてんかくanomaly
• 異常現象いじょうげんしょうabnormal phenomenon
• 変状へんじょうdeformation